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APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL, 650., UPON FIBROUS SUBSTANCES. No,352,390. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL, &c., UPON PIBROUS SUBSTANCES.

No. 352,390. Q Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR RENN, oF GREAT HORTON, AND PRIESTLEY FIRTH, or LIDGET GREEN,COUNTY on YORK, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR DIST RIBLT NG 0lL,'fc., UPONl'lBROUS SUBSTANCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,390, dated November9, 1886.

' Application and May 20, 1886. Serial No. 202,792. No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ARTHUR BENN, a subject of the Queen of England,residing at Great Horton,and PRIESTLEY FIRTH, asnbjectof the Queen ofEngland, residing at Lidget Green, both in the county of York, England,have invented new and useful Improvements in- Apparatus for DistributingOil or other Liquids upon Fibrous Substances, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to novel and useful improvements in apparatus fordistributing oil or other liquids upon fibrous substances as they arepassed through a gill box or similar machine.

The said invention consists of a plunger actuated by mechanism connectedwith the machine to which the apparatus is applied, regularly enteringthe vessel containing the liquid to be distributed, and thus displacingan equal bulk of such liquid from the vessel, and causing it touniformly flow or drop upon the fibers as they pass through suchmachine.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings represents a side view of theupper portion of the back end of a gill-box fitted with our improvedapparatus. Fig. 2 is aback view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a viewshowing the gillbox with the invention applied thereto.

The cistern A, holding the liquid to be distributed, is supported bybrackets B, secured to the standards 0, in which the back or feedrollers, D, are mounted. The bottom roller is represented with thedriving end of its arbor E broken off to enable the wormF, keyedthereon, to be seen in full in Fig. l. The said worm engages with theworm-wheel G, secured on the inclined shaft H, and such shaft has aworm, J, keyed on its upper end, which engages with the worm-wheel K onthe horizontal shaft L. One end of the shaftL is carried in a bearingformed in the bracket M, secured to the cistern A, and the other end ofsuch shaft runs in an eccentric bush, 0, fitted in the top of thestandard N. Thesaid eccentric bush enables the worm J and worm-wheel Kto be placed in or out of gear by turning the lever I, cast with suchbush, the set-screw 1? being provided to retain them in either position.The bevel-wheels Q communicate motion from the shaft L to the screw R,which screw is mounted in a bearing formed in the bracket M, and isscrewed into the plunger S.

The different parts of the apparatus are so arranged that when thegill-boX is' in opera)- tion the screwR is gradually unscrewed out oftheplungerS. Thustheplungerisloweredinto the cistern A, containing theliquid to be distributed, and the-level of such liquid is raised abovethe ports or openings T in the side of the cistern. The liquid thereforeflows down the incline Uand drops onto the fibers as they are fed intothe box.

When the-plunger approaches the bottom of the cistern, the worm Jandtworm-wheel K are thrown out of gear by means of the eccentric bush0, and the plunger is raised to its original position by turning theshaft L.

The speed at which the plunger S is lowered, relative to the speed atwhich the gill-box is operated, may be regulated by substituting alarger or smaller worm-wheel for the wormwheel K, the brackets V and W,forming the bearings for the inclined shaft H, being adj ustable forthat purpose by reason of theprovision of slots 1; and w, through whichbolts 1; and w pass into the standards.

A small plunger, b, is suspended ,in the cistern A by the cord d,passing over the guidepulleys e and connected to the starting-lever ofthe gill-box g. The small plunger 12 is so arranged that when thegill-box is in operation such plunger is immersed in the liquidcontainedin the cistern; but when the starting-lever 9 is moved to stopthe gill-box the said small plungeris raised out of the cistern A bymeans ofthe cord d. Therefore thesurface of the liquid contained in suchcistern is lowered below the level of the ports T, and the supply orflow of liquid is immediately stopped.

As shown in the drawings, the apparatus is supported on brackets B,secured to the standards in which the feed-rollers D are mounted, andthe power required to actuate the mechanism which lowers the plunger Sis obtained from the arbor E of the bottom feed-roller, D, by means ofthe worm F, secured on the said arbor, engaging with the worm-wheelG onthe bottom of the inclined shaft H, which shaft is connected to thescrew working in the plunger S. The bottom feed'roller, D, of thegill-box is driven by the wheel A, secured on the arbor E, which wheelis connected to the wheel B, fixed on the driving-shaft D of themachine, by the double stud-wheel F, mounted on the stud G, fixed to theframe H. v

The fibers to beoperated upon are .placed u on the travelin aaron Jwhich asses s l P under the cistern A, round the bottom feedroller, D,and therefore carries such fibers under the incline U, where theyreceive a sprinkling of the liquid flowing from the cistern A, and arethen passed through the feed-"rollers D, by which they are fed onto thegills or fallers working in the box K.

We claimv g 1. The combination, with the feed-rolls of a gill-box andtheir operating mechanism, of a cistern or liquid-receptacle, a plunger,mechanism, substantially as described, for forcing the plunger down intothe cistern, and gearing, substantially as described, connecting thefeedroll-operating mechanism with the plunger mechanism, whereby theyare simultaneously operated, as set forth.

2.? The combination,with the feed-rollers D D, having driving-shaft E,of the cistern, the plunger Shaving actuating-screw R, and gearing,substantially as described, connecting the shaft E with said screw R, asset fortlnwhereby the plunger is operated from the'feed roll shaft, asdescribed. .1 i

3. In combination, the oil-cistern, the feedi'ollers D D, shaft E, wormF, worm-wheel G, shaft H, Worm J, worm-wheel. K, shaft L, bevel-gearing,screw R, and plunger S, all located and operating as described. 1 4. Incombination, the feed-rolls of a gillboxprovided with operatingmechanism, an oil-cistern, a plunger located therein, gearing,substantially as described, connecting the plunger and thefeed-roll-operating mechanism, a supplementary plunger, its rope, and

the starting-lever to which said rope is connected, whereby upon thestopping of the machine the' auxiliary plunger is raised and the levelof the oil correspondingly lowered, as set forth.

5. The combination,with a gill-box and its feed-rolls,of an oil-cisternhaving side outlets,a main plunger, mechanism, substantially asdescribed, connecting it with the feed-rolls for moving it in thecistern to cause the oil to overflow, a supplementary plunger, thefeedroll-startinglever,and means wherebysaid supplementary plunger isconnected to the feedroll-starting lever, whereby it isdropped into theoil to bring it to the level of the outlets when the machine is started,and withdrawn to lower the level of the oil When the machine feedrolls,shaft E, shaft H, gearing therewith,

shaft L, geared to shaft H, and plunger S having screw R geared to shaftL, with the eccentric bearing-block O, in which shaft L is V Vjournaled, having lever I, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.-

" ARTHUR BENN.

PRIESTLEY FIRTH.

Witnesses:

DAVID NoWELL, SAMUEL A. DRAOUP.

